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Originally Posted by Anarel
Can anyone else see themselves renting ebooks?
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Yes but probably not from Amazon, although I'll need to check the prices first assuming we get the service in the UK?
I've used Safari books online in the past. For $10 per month, you get 5 books to read. So unless Amazon can get the price down to around $2/month/book, Safari will remain much more cost effective. Whether Safai will remain the cheaper option if you need a book for longer than 30 days though, remains to be seen and I've assumed you'll actually make use of all 5 books. But even one book at $10/m may be competitive with amazon.
Of course there's also the question of which service offers the books you want to read
Still, it's good to see progress and depending on how much it costs to rent a book for a term this may be of great benefit to students. Not sure how the publishers will see it though, they (allegedly) do their best to bring out yearly revisions to text books with in many cases rather minor changes to ensure 2nd hand sales are not possible for the following years students
